# Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Tom Keffer # See the file LICENSE.txt for your rights. """Example of how to implement a low battery alarm in weewx. ******************************************************************************* To use this alarm, add the following somewhere in your configuration file weewx.conf: [Alarm] time_wait = 3600 count_threshold = 10 smtp_host = smtp.example.com smtp_user = myusername smtp_password = mypassword from = sally@example.com mailto = jane@example.com, bob@example.com subject = "Time to change the battery!" An email will be sent to each address in the comma separated list of recipients The example assumes an SMTP email server at smtp.example.com that requires login. If the SMTP server does not require login, leave out the lines for smtp_user and smtp_password. Setting an email "from" is optional. If not supplied, one will be filled in, but your SMTP server may or may not accept it. Setting an email "subject" is optional. If not supplied, one will be filled in. To avoid a flood of emails, one will only be sent every 3600 seconds (one hour). It will also not send an email unless the low battery indicator has been on greater than or equal to count_threshold times in an archive period. This avoids sending out an alarm if the battery is only occasionally being signaled as bad. ******************************************************************************* To enable this service: 1) copy this file to the user directory 2) modify the weewx configuration file by adding this service to the option "report_services", located in section [Engine][[Services]]. [Engine] [[Services]] ... report_services = weewx.engine.StdPrint, weewx.engine.StdReport, user.lowBattery.BatteryAlarm ******************************************************************************* If you wish to use both this example and the alarm.py example, simply merge the two configuration options together under [Alarm] and add both services to report_services. ******************************************************************************* """ import time import smtplib from email.mime.text import MIMEText import threading import syslog import weewx from weewx.engine import StdService from weeutil.weeutil import timestamp_to_string, option_as_list # Inherit from the base class StdService: class BatteryAlarm(StdService): """Service that sends email if one of the batteries is low""" def __init__(self, engine, config_dict): # Pass the initialization information on to my superclass: super(BatteryAlarm, self).__init__(engine, config_dict) # This will hold the time when the last alarm message went out: self.last_msg_ts = 0 # This will hold the count of the number of times the VP2 has signaled # a low battery alarm this archive period self.alarm_count = 0 try: # Dig the needed options out of the configuration dictionary. # If a critical option is missing, an exception will be thrown and # the alarm will not be set. self.time_wait = int(config_dict['Alarm'].get('time_wait', 3600)) self.count_threshold = int(config_dict['Alarm'].get('count_threshold', 10)) self.smtp_host = config_dict['Alarm']['smtp_host'] self.smtp_user = config_dict['Alarm'].get('smtp_user') self.smtp_password = config_dict['Alarm'].get('smtp_password') self.SUBJECT = config_dict['Alarm'].get('subject', "Low battery alarm message from weewx") self.FROM = config_dict['Alarm'].get('from', 'alarm@example.com') self.TO = option_as_list(config_dict['Alarm']['mailto']) syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, "lowBattery: LowBattery alarm enabled. Count threshold is %d" % self.count_threshold) # If we got this far, it's ok to start intercepting events: self.bind(weewx.NEW_LOOP_PACKET, self.newLoopPacket) self.bind(weewx.NEW_ARCHIVE_RECORD, self.newArchiveRecord) except KeyError, e: syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, "lowBattery: No alarm set. Missing parameter: %s" % e) def newLoopPacket(self, event): """This function is called on each new LOOP packet.""" # If any battery status flag is non-zero, a battery is low low_batteries = dict() for flag in ['txBatteryStatus', 'windBatteryStatus', 'rainBatteryStatus', 'inTempBatteryStatus', 'outTempBatteryStatus']: if flag in event.packet and event.packet[flag]: low_batteries[flag] = event.packet[flag] # If there are any low batteries, see if we need to send an alarm if low_batteries: self.alarm_count += 1 # Don't panic on the first occurrence. We must see the alarm at # least count_threshold times before sounding the alarm. if self.alarm_count >= self.count_threshold: # We've hit the threshold. However, to avoid a flood of nearly # identical emails, send a new one only if it's been a long # time since we sent the last one: if abs(time.time() - self.last_msg_ts) >= self.time_wait : # Sound the alarm! timestamp = event.packet['dateTime'] # Launch in a separate thread so it does not block the # main LOOP thread: t = threading.Thread(target=BatteryAlarm.soundTheAlarm, args=(self, timestamp, low_batteries, self.alarm_count)) t.start() # Record when the message went out: self.last_msg_ts = time.time() def newArchiveRecord(self, event): # @UnusedVariable """This function is called on each new archive record.""" # Reset the alarm counter self.alarm_count = 0 def soundTheAlarm(self, timestamp, battery_flags, alarm_count): """This function is called when the alarm has been triggered.""" # Get the time and convert to a string: t_str = timestamp_to_string(timestamp) # Log it in the system log: syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, "lowBattery: Low battery status sounded at %s: %s" % (t_str, battery_flags)) # Form the message text: indicator_strings = [] for bat in battery_flags: indicator_strings.append("%s: %04x" % (bat, battery_flags[bat])) msg_text = """ The low battery indicator has been seen %d times since the last archive period. Alarm sounded at %s Low battery indicators: %s """ % (alarm_count, t_str, '\n'.join(indicator_strings)) # Convert to MIME: msg = MIMEText(msg_text) # Fill in MIME headers: msg['Subject'] = self.SUBJECT msg['From'] = self.FROM msg['To'] = ','.join(self.TO) # Create an instance of class SMTP for the given SMTP host: s = smtplib.SMTP(self.smtp_host) try: # Some servers (eg, gmail) require encrypted transport. # Be prepared to catch an exception if the server # doesn't support it. s.ehlo() s.starttls() s.ehlo() syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_DEBUG, "lowBattery: using encrypted transport") except smtplib.SMTPException: syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_DEBUG, "lowBattery: using unencrypted transport") try: # If a username has been given, assume that login is required # for this host: if self.smtp_user: s.login(self.smtp_user, self.smtp_password) syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_DEBUG, "lowBattery: logged in as %s" % self.smtp_user) # Send the email: s.sendmail(msg['From'], self.TO, msg.as_string()) # Log out of the server: s.quit() except Exception, e: syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR, "lowBattery: send email failed: %s" % (e,)) raise # Log sending the email: syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, "lowBattery: email sent to: %s" % self.TO)